Small earthenware vase from Clamecy, 1950s, signed Roger Colas

Small vase in Clamecy earthenware from the 50s. Signed Roger Colas. Numbered 236. Hand-painted polychrome floral decoration Clamecy. In 1937, Roger Colas, an earthenware craftsman, took over the Clamecy earthenware factory and laid the foundations of a family business. Through his originality, he created new decorations such as the rose decoration and the. Cashmere with. Birds and colored backgrounds. New products such as earthenware chandeliers were born. Roger Colas was born in the neighboring village of Dornecy. A perfect autodidact, he learned from books and developed his art alongside his master, Mr. Folle, a former decorator at the Samson and Bloch establishments in Paris, a specialist in the decorations of Sèvres, Fontainebleau and. Gold relief. He would be the collaborator of. Duquenelle, whose work he would continue in. 1937. With a strong personality and exceptional creative gifts, Roger Colas produced the majority of shapes, models and molds from 1925 until the 1970s.